Re: .emacs file

From:

Tom Roche

Subject:

Re: .emacs file

Date:

Sun, 02 Dec 2001 12:21:26 -0500

"Lucy Zhang" <address@hidden> Sun, 2 Dec 2001 02:35:20
> I just downloaded emacs 21.1 on to my Sun Solaris machine. It is now
> sitting in my home/emacs-21.1 directory. Now I need to add some code
> to the .emacs file in order to get emacs working in maxima mode. My
> question is where should i put the .emacs file so emacs will see it.
You should put .emacs, or a link to it, in the directory pointed to by
your HOME environment variable.
You might find the following site useful:
http://www.dotemacs.de/
> Welcome to the very unofficial dotemacs home
> What you will find here:
> - links to basic information about customizing emacs
> - a collection of Emacs dotfiles contributed to this site
> - a collection of links to Emacs dotfiles on the web
> - a few articles about special topics concerning customization
HTH, address@hidden